Verse 1 I was eight years old, lying flat on the driveway Counting satellites like they knew my name Dad said, “Everything up there is moving” I thought he meant people, I thought he meant change The universe, universe, universe Oh, the universe take mes me in The universe The universe The u-u-universe The summer air was heavy with questions The kind you carry longer than the truth Back then the sky felt close enough to touch Now I’m older, it keeps slipping through Pre-Chorus Some things leave and never return Some things fade and some things burn Chorus But the universe keeps turning While we’re breaking, while we’re learning While we’re losing what we swore we’d never lose And the stars don’t ask permission They just shine from where they’re hidden Like they’re proving every ending isn’t true Maybe that’s the hardest lesson Nothing stays the way we want it to But the universe keeps turning And somehow, so do you Verse 2 I’ve watched people become strangers In the same rooms where they once felt like home I’ve heard silence hit harder than thunder Seen crowded tables leave somebody alone The universe, universe, universe Oh, the universe take mes me in The universe The universe The u-u-universe And I’ve stood underneath winter skies Looking for answers nobody could give Wondering why the ones who teach us love Are always the first ones we outlive Pre-Chorus Some hearts heal and some hearts scar But they all carry who we are Chorus And the universe keeps turning While we’re breaking, while we’re learning While we’re losing what we swore we’d never lose And the stars don’t ask permission They just shine from where they’re hidden Like they’re proving every ending isn’t true Maybe that’s the hardest lesson Nothing stays the way we want it to But the universe keeps turning And somehow, so do you Bridge Maybe we’re not meant to understand it Maybe we’re just passing through Tiny lives beneath a ceiling Painted black and pierced with blue In the universe, universe, universe Oh, the universe take mes me in The universe The universe The u-u-universe But if a dying star can leave a light That travels farther than its years Then maybe love works just the same Long after it disappears Final Chorus ’Cause the universe keeps turning Through the ache and through the yearning Through the photographs and names we still hold on to And the stars don’t ask permission They just shine from where they’re hidden Like they’re telling us to do the same thing too Maybe that’s the quiet answer Nothing stays, but nothing’s lost completely too The universe keeps turning And somehow, so do you Outro I still look up when the night is clear Still count the lights that disappear And every time I think I’m small The universe reminds me I’m here at all In the universe Ohhh
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